With songs about intergalactic masturbation, incels, and ray gun toting lovers, The Oidz are nothing short of a musical B-movie. Formed in Leeds in early 2024, the band was born as a side project that wasn’t meant to last more than a couple months. The plan was just to create a couple frantic, short egg-punk jams and quickly break up after. Unfortunately this didn’t go to plan, and an EP of scuzzy four-track recordings inspired by the likes of Gee Tee, Jay Reatard and Uranium Club on Prison Records was enough to convince them to stay together
COLEGIATA is conceptual project that revives the imagery of schools run by priests and nuns with their gray courtyards, absurd rules, and the restrained irreverence of those who seek to break them.
Synthesizers and drum machines at full speed, adolescent delirium with a mongoloid punk sound.
PAINT FUMES has been around the block and had more than a few major life events since “Egyptian Rats” and “Uck Life,” their first records with Slovenly back in 2012, being the scuzziest in 2013: their first Eurotour was canceled after frontman Elijah got hit by a car. Thankfully, his life was not cancelled!
Fast forward to 2023: after several lineup changes they busted “Real Romancer” (Bachelor Records), which is a top-notch powerpop album . In 2025, Slovenly welcomed the Fumes home with a new single, “Crime of Love”, which they now come to present along with the rest of their wild repertoire.
2001, Paris. Cecilia and Iwan of the No-Talents teamed up again, joined by Fred and Nicus of Les Terribles, and their friend Eve on keyboards.
They came up with a different sound, closer to punk wave or shall I say synth punk?
The band split up 15 years ago after recording one LP and four singles, and is coming back together only for a special appearance at Funtastic.
JJ & the A’s, from Denmark/Barcelona, started in 2022 as a recording project between three friends from across the globe, all of whom played in many bands throughout the past decade. In the summer 2023 they emerged as a five piece live band at the infamous K-town Hardcore Fest, and have been playing shows around Europe and UK ever since.
Their sound consists of short and fast songs (mostly) that have a heavy backbone of keyboard and fuzz that saturates a relentless onslaught of primitive snotty punk rock. An eclectic mix of genres that ranges from garage to early hardcore punk with some 60’s soul and space-rock vibes in between. The band has never been afraid to mix genres and styles and experiment with new sounds. Drawing inspiration from early KBD punk and almost every rock genre, they have compiled a large amount of songs which have a weirdo punk vibe and explosive energy.
JJ & the A’s output thus far consists of the incendiary self-titled EP, their slightly more melodic “Eyeballer” EP, and a compilation cassette (Society Sucker Radio). All records have been released by seminal London based labe,l La Vida Es Un Mus, with an LP slated for release on the label later in 2025.
Storming out of Los Angeles, The Reflectors inject a fresh, contemporary energy into the classic Power Pop genre. They fuse pop sensibilities with a punk rock edge, reminiscent of iconic bands like Buzzcocks, 20/20, and The Nerves. With infectious hooks and harmonies, their sound is a captivating blend of raw punk energy and melodic sweetness, establishing themselves as a formidable force.
Ian Kay is shaking up today’s 60’s music scene with raw, electrifying energy. Born in France with armenian roots, he’s spent the past eight years in Barcelona, crafting a sound that’s as bold as his journey.
His debut album, Walk That Road Again, produced in L.A. by Jeremy Yeremian, was recorded at the legendary Valentine Recording Studios—the same hallowed space where The Beach Boys and Kenny Rogers once created their magic. Ian didn’t just write the songs; he played every instrument, layering each part on reel-to-reel for an authentic analog sound.
Now, one year later, he’s back with a brand-new single on Discos Antifaz, showcasing a gritty, soul-driven beat with a sixties punk attitude.
Drawing on influences like The Kinks, The Byrds, and The Easybeats, his music dives deep into love, heartbreak, and personal awakenings, resonating with fans worldwide.
They’ve burned their fingertips on buckets of records searching for the Crypt Records logo. They’ve left their necks headbanging in the front row of every garage-punk concert they can attend. And they’ve also taken to the stage to celebrate the fact that fierce rock ‘n’ roll is a music and an attitude, yes, but it’s also a way of understanding life and even a profane religion. They are Los Chicos, the emblem of Dionysian rock ‘n’ roll, the survival of rat hole punk, the pride of our “rock tavern” (translate and adapt pub rock as you wish). Rafa Suñén, the twins Gerardo and Antonio Urchaga, Guillermo Casanova, and Ral García have eight albums and toured all over the world, spreading the word of rock and roll also letting themselves be loved by country, gospel and soul.
They were on the Funtastic Stage at the first edition and will be back for the 20th anniversary, because they’ve been rocking all this time. And because we love them, damn it!
The Masonics are still the Kings Of Medway Beat, and are known for being ‘the best Rhythm and Beat combo since The Milkshakes’, and there’s a very good reason for that…If there were a “Medway scene dream team”, it would be The Masonics.
With Mickey Hampshire (The Milkshakes, Mickey And The Salty Seadogs, Mickey And Ludella, Mick Hampshire), Bruce Brand (The Pop Rivets, The Milkshakes, Auntie Vegetable, Thee Headcoats, The Kravin’ “A”s, The Clique, Dutronc, The Voo-Dooms and more) and John Gibbs (The Wildebeests, The Kaisers), this Medway-based trio have got enough rhythm ’n’ beat and rock ’n’ roll in their blood streams to power any rocket!
In addition, they will be accompanied by none other than Miss Ludella Black (The Headcoatees).
Didn’t we tell you it was a true Dream Team?
Northwest Indiana’s punk scene would be a lot less thrilling without Mat Williams—he’s been the engine behind many of the local bands whose names have filled homemade gig flyers around the Region. If you consider yourself a connoisseur of midwestern punk, you’ve likely collected a cache of his music, whether by Pukeoid, Dagger, Guinea Kid, or the ne plus ultra of 2010s mutant punk, the Coneheads. For the past five years, Williams has been pouring his energy into Liquids, whose scummy-sounding recordings carry so much magnetism, momentum, and joy that you’ll remember all over again why rock briefly became the lingua franca of postwar American youth. The raw rippers on last year’s self-released Life Is Pain Idiot keep you on the edge of your seat by compressing an album side’s worth of songwriting into every 90-second tune—Williams has figured out how to make punk rock feel like it’s being invented right in front of your ears. Recorded by fellow midwestern DIY lifer Erik Nervous, Life Is Pain Idiot dials back Liquids’ scuzziness and leans into power pop, which complements the band’s brutally sharp musicianship and off-the-leash nastiness. Williams plays like a lead-footed Formula One driver who hits the starting line already going 80 miles per hour, which lends extra oomph to every drum fill and guitar lick on the chipmunk-voiced boogie-woogie scorcher “Lemon Rice (Doomed to Live).” Onstage Liquids play with the same need for speed, They’ll be crossing the pond for first time to present their latest album, “Tennessee Rose” in Europe, released on the Barcelona-based label Prison Records.
If you’re familiar with them, you already know what we are talking about, and if you don’t, you’ll be blown away.
